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  • CreateClusterRequest
  • CreateClusterConfigSpec
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  1. API reference
  2. gRPC
  3. Cluster
  4. Create

Yandex Data Processing API, gRPC: ClusterService.Create

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Updated at July 1, 2026
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  • gRPC request
  • CreateClusterRequest
  • CreateClusterConfigSpec
  • HadoopConfig
  • InitializationAction
  • CreateSubclusterConfigSpec
  • Resources
  • AutoscalingConfig
  • operation.Operation

Creates a cluster in the specified folder.

gRPC requestgRPC request

rpc Create (CreateClusterRequest) returns (operation.Operation)

CreateClusterRequestCreateClusterRequest

{
  "folder_id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "labels": "map<string, string>",
  "config_spec": {
    "version_id": "string",
    "hadoop": {
      "services": [
        "Service"
      ],
      "properties": "map<string, string>",
      "ssh_public_keys": [
        "string"
      ],
      "initialization_actions": [
        {
          "uri": "string",
          "args": [
            "string"
          ],
          "timeout": "int64"
        }
      ],
      "oslogin_enabled": "bool"
    },
    "subclusters_spec": [
      {
        "name": "string",
        "role": "Role",
        "resources": {
          "resource_preset_id": "string",
          "disk_type_id": "string",
          "disk_size": "int64"
        },
        "subnet_id": "string",
        "hosts_count": "int64",
        "assign_public_ip": "bool",
        "autoscaling_config": {
          "max_hosts_count": "int64",
          "preemptible": "bool",
          "measurement_duration": "google.protobuf.Duration",
          "warmup_duration": "google.protobuf.Duration",
          "stabilization_duration": "google.protobuf.Duration",
          "cpu_utilization_target": "double",
          "decommission_timeout": "int64"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "zone_id": "string",
  "bucket": "string",
  "service_account_id": "string",
  "ui_proxy": "bool",
  "host_group_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "security_group_ids": [
    "string"
  ],
  "deletion_protection": "bool",
  "log_group_id": "string",
  "environment": "Environment",
  "autoscaling_service_account_id": "string"
}

Field

Description

folder_id

string

Required field. ID of the folder to create a cluster in.
To get a folder ID make a yandex.cloud.resourcemanager.v1.FolderService.List request.

The maximum string length in characters is 50.

name

string

Required field. Name of the cluster. The name must be unique within the folder.
The name can't be changed after the Yandex Data Processing cluster is created.

Value must match the regular expression |[a-z][-a-z0-9]{1,61}[a-z0-9].

description

string

Description of the cluster.

The maximum string length in characters is 256.

labels

object (map<string, string>)

Cluster labels as key:value pairs.

The maximum string length in characters for each value is 63. The string length in characters for each key must be 1-63. Each key must match the regular expression [a-z][-_0-9a-z]*. Each value must match the regular expression [-_0-9a-z]*. No more than 64 per resource.

config_spec

CreateClusterConfigSpec

Required field. Configuration and resources for hosts that should be created with the cluster.

zone_id

string

Required field. ID of the availability zone where the cluster should be placed.
To get the list of available zones make a yandex.cloud.compute.v1.ZoneService.List request.

The maximum string length in characters is 50.

bucket

string

Name of the Object Storage bucket to use for Yandex Data Processing jobs.

service_account_id

string

Required field. ID of the service account to be used by the Yandex Data Processing manager agent.

ui_proxy

bool

Enable UI Proxy feature.

host_group_ids[]

string

Host groups to place VMs of cluster on.

security_group_ids[]

string

User security groups.

deletion_protection

bool

Deletion Protection inhibits deletion of the cluster

log_group_id

string

ID of the cloud logging log group to write logs. If not set, logs will not be sent to logging service

environment

enum Environment

Environment of the cluster

  • PRODUCTION
  • PRESTABLE

autoscaling_service_account_id

string

ID of the service account to be used by the Instance Groups service.

CreateClusterConfigSpecCreateClusterConfigSpec

Field

Description

version_id

string

Version of the image for cluster provisioning.
All available versions are listed in the documentation.

hadoop

HadoopConfig

Yandex Data Processing specific options.

subclusters_spec[]

CreateSubclusterConfigSpec

Specification for creating subclusters.

HadoopConfigHadoopConfig

Hadoop configuration that describes services installed in a cluster,
their properties and settings.

Field

Description

services[]

enum Service

Set of services used in the cluster (if empty, the default set is used).

  • HDFS
  • YARN
  • MAPREDUCE
  • HIVE
  • TEZ
  • ZOOKEEPER
  • HBASE
  • SQOOP
  • FLUME
  • SPARK
  • ZEPPELIN
  • OOZIE
  • LIVY

properties

object (map<string, string>)

Properties set for all hosts in *-site.xml configurations. The key should indicate
the service and the property.
For example, use the key 'hdfs:dfs.replication' to set the dfs.replication property
in the file /etc/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml.

ssh_public_keys[]

string

List of public SSH keys to access to cluster hosts.

initialization_actions[]

InitializationAction

Set of init-actions

oslogin_enabled

bool

Oslogin enable on cluster nodes

InitializationActionInitializationAction

Field

Description

uri

string

URI of the executable file

args[]

string

Arguments to the initialization action

timeout

int64

Execution timeout

CreateSubclusterConfigSpecCreateSubclusterConfigSpec

Field

Description

name

string

Name of the subcluster.

Value must match the regular expression |[a-z][-a-z0-9]{1,61}[a-z0-9].

role

enum Role

Required field. Role of the subcluster in the Yandex Data Processing cluster.

  • MASTERNODE: The subcluster fulfills the master role.
    Master can run the following services, depending on the requested components:
  • HDFS: Namenode, Secondary Namenode
  • YARN: ResourceManager, Timeline Server
  • HBase Master
  • Hive: Server, Metastore, HCatalog
  • Spark History Server
  • Zeppelin
  • ZooKeeper
  • DATANODE: The subcluster is a DATANODE in a Yandex Data Processing cluster.
    DATANODE can run the following services, depending on the requested components:
  • HDFS DataNode
  • YARN NodeManager
  • HBase RegionServer
  • Spark libraries
  • COMPUTENODE: The subcluster is a COMPUTENODE in a Yandex Data Processing cluster.
    COMPUTENODE can run the following services, depending on the requested components:
  • YARN NodeManager
  • Spark libraries

resources

Resources

Required field. Resource configuration for hosts in the subcluster.

subnet_id

string

Required field. ID of the VPC subnet used for hosts in the subcluster.

The maximum string length in characters is 50.

hosts_count

int64

Number of hosts in the subcluster.

The minimum value is 1.

assign_public_ip

bool

Assign public ip addresses for all hosts in subcluter.

autoscaling_config

AutoscalingConfig

Configuration for instance group based subclusters

ResourcesResources

Field

Description

resource_preset_id

string

ID of the resource preset for computational resources available to a host (CPU, memory etc.).
All available presets are listed in the documentation.

The maximum string length in characters is 50.

disk_type_id

string

Type of the storage environment for the host.
Possible values:

  • network-hdd - network HDD drive,
  • network-ssd - network SSD drive.

The maximum string length in characters is 50.

disk_size

int64

Volume of the storage available to a host, in bytes.

The minimum value is 0.

AutoscalingConfigAutoscalingConfig

Field

Description

max_hosts_count

int64

Upper limit for total instance subcluster count.

Acceptable values are 1 to 100, inclusive.

preemptible

bool

Preemptible instances are stopped at least once every 24 hours, and can be stopped at any time
if their resources are needed by Compute.
For more information, see Preemptible Virtual Machines.

measurement_duration

google.protobuf.Duration

Required field. Time in seconds allotted for averaging metrics.

warmup_duration

google.protobuf.Duration

The warmup time of the instance in seconds. During this time,
traffic is sent to the instance, but instance metrics are not collected.

stabilization_duration

google.protobuf.Duration

Minimum amount of time in seconds allotted for monitoring before
Instance Groups can reduce the number of instances in the group.
During this time, the group size doesn't decrease, even if the new metric values
indicate that it should.

cpu_utilization_target

double

Defines an autoscaling rule based on the average CPU utilization of the instance group.

Acceptable values are 0 to 100, inclusive.

decommission_timeout

int64

Timeout to gracefully decommission nodes during downscaling. In seconds. Default value: 120

Acceptable values are 0 to 86400, inclusive.

operation.Operationoperation.Operation

{
  "id": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "created_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "created_by": "string",
  "modified_at": "google.protobuf.Timestamp",
  "done": "bool",
  "metadata": "google.protobuf.Any",
  // Includes only one of the fields `error`, `response`
  "error": "google.rpc.Status",
  "response": "google.protobuf.Any"
  // end of the list of possible fields
}

An Operation resource. For more information, see Operation.

Field

Description

id

string

ID of the operation.

description

string

Description of the operation. 0-256 characters long.

created_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

Creation timestamp.

created_by

string

ID of the user or service account who initiated the operation.

modified_at

google.protobuf.Timestamp

The time when the Operation resource was last modified.

done

bool

If the value is false, it means the operation is still in progress.
If true, the operation is completed, and either error or response is available.

metadata

google.protobuf.Any

Service-specific metadata associated with the operation.
It typically contains the ID of the target resource that the operation is performed on.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the metadata type, if any.

error

google.rpc.Status

The error result of the operation in case of failure or cancellation.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

response

google.protobuf.Any

The normal response of the operation in case of success.
If the original method returns no data on success, such as Delete,
the response is google.protobuf.Empty.
If the original method is the standard Create/Update,
the response should be the target resource of the operation.
Any method that returns a long-running operation should document the response type, if any.

Includes only one of the fields error, response.

The operation result.
If done == false and there was no failure detected, neither error nor response is set.
If done == false and there was a failure detected, error is set.
If done == true, exactly one of error or response is set.

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